Brussels, Bacon + Bean Quesadillas. (with homemade blue cheese dip.)

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How to ignore a four hour NASCAR race.

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How to love country music.

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How to make a mojito.

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How to have the house to myself for the night. *

How to turn someone into a major cheese lover.

And just last week – how not to make a quesadilla.

This would be it. This would be the quesadilla that supposedly shouldn’t ever be made.

And I made it with a chicken quesadilla, so you know, OPTIONS. But was greeted with an “absolutely not” when I attempted to serve it and a “brussels sprouts in a quesadillas? You’re insane,” sort of look.

But you eat Brussels spouts in other things? So how can you pass them up when they are in buttery, crisp tortilla shells with bacon and cheese?

DIDN’T MATTER.

I ate the quesadilla on my own.

Today marks exactly five years of marriage for Eddie and me and that is completely insane. There are so many things that I thought would be different – like other jobs (worse ones), other homes (better ones), kids (cute ones?) and expectations (dumb ones.) It’s entirely too fitting that I’m sharing a recipe today that he wouldn’t even eat, not because he doesn’t enjoy my food (that would be a gigantic disaster in this life of mine) but because it symbolizes the life that we’ve come to love together where things aren’t always (or ever) perfect.

I also feel that, you know, being married and all and having to admit when you’re wrong (um, never?) also gives you a chance to get to know someone better than they know themselves. Which is why I can say that the minute he walked through the door that night, I could instantly tell he wasn’t in the mood to try something new. I wasn’t totally shocked when he thought Brussels in a quesadilla seemed way too weird, but had it been three years ago I would have bugged (nagged) him about it until he possibly 1. took a bite or b. became annoyed and ignored me for the rest of the evening.

Instead, I decided to just hang out and shove this quesadilla in my face while secretly knowing that he would love the combination and that most likely, within the next three months, he will eat it and totally forget about the night that he said it sounded gross.

So yeah. That’s what it’s all about. Five years, down the hatch! Hopefully 100 more to come, with lots of Brussels sprouts quesadillas.

Directions:

Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add bacon. Once the fat has rendered and the bacon begins to crisp, stir in the sliced brussels and cook until they are soft, about 5 to 6 minutes. Stir in the garlic and the beans and cook for another minute. Turn off the heat.

Heat a large electric griddle or skillet (or even the same skillet, just empty it) over medium-low heat. To assemble the quesadillas, add a little smoked mozzarella on one side of each tortilla then cover evenly with the bacon brussels mixture. Top both with the remaining cheese and tortilla. Add a little olive oil or butter to the skillet and place the tortilla in once it's melted. Cook until the outsides are golden brown and crisp and the cheese has melted, about 3 minutes per side.

homemade blue cheese dip
Whisk together the yogurt, mayo, honey, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add in almost all of the crumbled blue cheese, then spoon the dip into a bowl. Top it with the remaining crumbled cheese.

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Congratulations for your anniversary!! I can’t believe your husband wouldn’t try these, I almost wanna punch him in the face :) – don’t tell him I said that :) I see now I’m extremely lucky, I don’t think my husband has ever turned any of my food down, even if it looked really bad. But I’m sure, when your husband tries it, he’ll reget he hasn’t tried it before. I have some extra tortilla dough in the fridge so I’m gonna try them. I’ll let you know how they turn out :)

Yo thanks for the idea I modified it a little turkey bacon instead of pork, guacomole ranch roasted salsa Verde dip, instead of the blue cheese dip and it was a delicacy thank you we me and my mom’s taped it so if I post the vid we will leave the link tell ya husband share those covers thanks